Bluzger - Joseph Benedict

The Bluzger was a small billon denomination struck by Swiss ecclesiastical authorities long after such issues had become economically marginal — surviving largely through regional custom and the practical need for very low-value exchange in mountain communities. Joseph Benedict von Rost held the see of Chur only from 1739 to 1740, making his coinage among the shortest-lived episcopal issues in the bishopric's long minting history. His death in office cut production before significant quantities accumulated.

Chur, as the oldest diocese in Switzerland, retained minting rights well into the eighteenth century despite repeated pressures from secular Graubünden authorities to consolidate monetary production.